This Day in Video History: A Whale Went 'Boom'
On November 12th, 1970 the Oregon Highway Division blew up a rotting beached sperm whale and things did not go exactly as planned.
This incident was soon half-forgotten, turning swiftly into a popular urban legend. By the early nineties news footage resurfaced online, and "The Exploding Whale" became a viral video pioneer in the golden age of internet memes.